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God of War: Ascension may be Sony Santa Monica’s current top priority, but that’s not stopping the studio from staffing up for a new IP.

According to a job listing on Gamasutra, the studio is on the lookout for a senior combat designer to help work on an unannounced project. The advertisement asks for experience on both first-person and third-person shooters, and adds that an understanding of vehicular combat would be preferred.

The winner of the most recent season of The Tester reality show landed a production associate role at Sony Santa Monica on an “unannounced blockbuster game”. While that title could be God of War: Ascension, given the timing, it's more likely that this job listing is related.

Does the industry really need another shooter, though?

[source jobs.gamasutra.com]